Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,204, Lemuel Durfee, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
P. 7.
Durfee, Lemuel Prudence
No. 19,204
CONTENTS

Reported
302, New York Albany, Prudence Durfee widow of Samuel Durfee Res. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 — day of June 1848 and sent to
Fred k Smith Pahuyra N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 59 Vol. 4

State of New York
Wayne County, ss.
1
On this 7 th day of March 1848 personally appeared before me Oliver H. Palmer First Judge of Wayne County, Philip Lunnigan Revolutionary pensioner, a resident of Rochester in the County of Ontario, and State aforesaid, to me known to be the person described in and who being first duly sworn according to law, says: That he was acquainted with Lemuel Durfee late of Palmyra in the County of Wayne, State aforesaid, from his infancy until his death, which was about fourteen years since. That he lived in the said town of Palmyra. That this deponent and the said Lemuel Durfee in the month of April Seventeen hundred and ninety six at the town of Riverton in the State of Rhode Island, where the said Lemuel Durfee then resided, enlisted as soldiers in the War of the Revolution into the Company commanded by Christopher Hanchett, in Colonel John Safford's or Safford's Regiment, of which said Regiment Rufus Barton I believe was Lieutenant Colonel. That the said Lemuel Durfee served in said Company as a Soldier fifteen months into term of enlistment. That one Lemuel Bailey I think that was his name who was a Lieutenant in said Company was appointed Captain of said Company, that this deponent and the said Lemuel Durfee again en- listed as Soldiers into the said Company commanded by the said Lemuel Bailey in the said Regiment still commanded by Colonel Safford. That the said Lemuel Durfee served as a Soldier in said Company under Captain Bailey one year and was then discharged his term of enlistment having expired. That the place of enlist- ment under the said Lemuel Bailey was at Riverton aforesaid, where the said Lemuel Durfee resided. That this deponent served in the said Company during the whole time the said Lemuel Durfee served (two years and three months) and was intimately acquainted with him, that he was a faithful Soldier. That during the time the said Lemuel Durfee served as a Soldier in the said Com- pany he with said Company marched to Long Island for the purpose of taking some Tories, who it was said were selling provisions to the British. That after killing most of them and taking their provisions and Tories, said Company returned to Riverton in Rhode Island aforesaid where it remained and in

that vicinity until the said Lemuel Dunfee was discharged
Phillip S. Dunfee Mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above mentioned
C. H. Palmer First Judge Wayne County
Wayne County ss do hereby certify that the said Phillip Dunfee in consequence of bodily infir- mity cannot write - and is a person of truth and veracity, and entitled to credit
C. H. Palmer First Judge Wayne Co
State of New York
Wayne County ss. On this 11th day of March 1845
personally appeared before the subscriber Oliver H. Palmer, First Judge of Wayne County, Pennsylvania Dunfee a resident of Paterson in the County of Wayne afore- said, aged twenty nine years the 24th day of May next who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her each make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pen- sion to certain Widows" That she is the Widow of Lemuel Dunfee, who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution That at the time of his enlistment she was quite young and cannot specify the service he rendered nor the company in which he served, having no documentary evidence thereof. This deponent well recollects of having it frequently mentioned that the said Lemuel Dunfee had enlisted as a Soldier into the army. She also recollects of seeing him with the company to which he belonged near where she lived with a Gun on his shoulder and knapsack on his back. Since the said Lemuel Dunfee further deposes and says that from the time of her mar- riage with the said Lemuel Dunfee until his death, the service which he had rendered, the incidents and occurrences during the time he was a Soldier, the length of time he served as such and the persons with whom he served was the subject of frequent conversation. She frequently heard it mentioned before and after her marriage with the said Lemuel Dunfee that he had been a Soldier in the War of the Revolution more than two years. That she has often heard her said husband say that he was a Soldier and served as such more than two years the precise length of time she cannot say but believing it was two years and three months. She has frequently heard

her husband, and Philip Jennings of Alexander in the County of Ontario, and Mark Palmer of Macedon. Wayne County, and to tell over the occurrences & circumstances which happened while they were residing together in the Revolutionary War.
She further declares that she was married to the said Lemuel Durfee on the 29th day of August 1784 (as will also appear by the record books attached which was taken from my family Bible, by me & my said husband here as such) that her husband the said Lemuel Durfee died on the eighth day of August Eighteen hundred and twenty nine. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January nineteen hundred and ninety four. On the time above stated. Subscribed and affirmed to on the day and year above mentioned. C.H. Palmer. First Judge. Wayne Co. Prudence Durfee.
Wayne County S. I do hereby certify that the above named Prudence Durfee is a person of truth and veracity, and entitled to belief. And in consequence of bodily infirmity cannot attend Court. C.H. Palmer. First Judge. Wayne County.
State of New York } ss. On this 11th day of March Wayne County } eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Oliver H. Palmer First Judge of Wayne County. Isaac Durfee of Macedon in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he is the son of the said Lemuel Durfee, deceased, that he is well acquainted with his hand writing, that the record or leaf hereto attached was taken from the family Bible of the said Lemuel Durfee, by his command, and that said record is in the hand writing of the said Lemuel Durfee excepting from the first record on said leaf from the word Born to the word Was, of which this deposition will not say particular. Subscribed and affirmed to the day and year above written before me. Isaac Durfee.
C.H. Palmer First Judge Wayne Co.

Wayne County p. I hereby certify that the within named Isaac Dwyer, who has made the within affidavit is a person of truth and veracity and entitled to credit; C. H. Palmer Deputy Sheriff Wayne Co.
State of New York
Wayne County, clerk's office } ss. I hereby certify that Oliver H. Palmer Egr before whom the preceding and declaration affidavit, purports to have been sworn, and whose signature appears to the within and declaration was, at the time of taking said affidavit, Isaac Dwyer in and for said County, duly appointed & qualified & legally authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Dwyer, and verily believe that his signa- ture above within written is genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of said County this

20th day of March A.D. 1845
Daniel Chapman Clerk
11829
Providence (Dunfee
Rolland 29 1845.
Mother of Samuel
NY
Act 7 May 1838
adm 2 15 mopi 50.
On Role Col. Brary
adm 15 months, private
also at March 45
8034
789
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Fred. Smith Esq Palmyra Wayne Co NY.

State of New York
Her former husband on the ninth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty, five personally appeared one whose name is subscribed to the foregoing and who is known to me to be a resident of Albany in the County of Albany and State of New York upon said day. My commission expires July 10th 1841. I swear according to law says that she is the sister of the above Joseph of Albany in Wayne County State of New York who is the widow of Joseph Dyer of Albany in Albany County
That the above statement was present at the marriage of the said Joseph Dyer & the said Catherine Dyer where none persons to said marriage were present to the contrary. The marriage ceremony was performed by James Barker Esquire a Justice of the Peace of Albany County, County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts That said marriage took place
in the Town of Albany County and State of New York in the latter part of August Sixteen hundred and forty five that the said Catherine remains the widow of the said Joseph Dyer
Subscribed and sworn before
on the 9th day of February
1841
I do hereby certify that the above named Catherine Dyer is a person of respectability & intended to be married
James Barker Esq.

State of New York, { Herkimer County, ss. }
I, ERWIN A. MUNSON, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Stewart Cook Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, dwelling in the said county, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county. Jany 10th 1825
E. A. Munson Clerk

Lemuel Darfee Was Born the 18 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1759. Prudence Darfee his wife was born the twenty fourth of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty six. Was Married together the 29 day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four
Our Son Isaac Darfee Was Born the twenty first day of November the second Day of the Week at 10 o'clock in the Evening in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five
Our Daughter Phebe Darfee Was Born the Ninth day of June and the second Day of the Week about two o'clock in the Morning in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
Our Son Pardon Darfee Was Born the thirtieth Day of July and the sixth day of the Week about one o'clock in the Morning in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
Our Son Oliver Darfee Was Born the fifth Day of August and the first day of the Week about three o'clock in the Morning in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two
Our Son Stephen Darfee Was Born the fifteenth Day of June and the first day of the Week about four o'clock in the Morning in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four
Our Daughter Prudence Darfee Was Born the twenty ninth day of March and the third of the Week about eleven o'clock in the evening in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six
Turn over the other Leaf

State of New York
Wayne County ss. On this 6 th day of June 1845 personally appeared before me the subscriber, Oliver H. Palmer, First Judge of Wayne County, Stephen Durfee of Palmyra in said County aged sixty nine years the 28 th day of April last, who being first duly sworn according to law, says. That he is the brother of Lemuel Durfee late of Palmyra deceased. That they were formerly residents, with their father of Riverton in the State of Rhode Island. That in the year 1784 his said brother Lemuel Durfee was married to Prudence Hathaway of Salem in the State of Massachusetts, as this deponent always understood and justly believes, and of which there is no doubt. That the marriage was frequently the subject of conversation in his father's family, as such occurrences always are. That soon after the marriage of the said Lemuel & Prudence they moved to Cambridge, Washington County, State of New York, where they were settled for a few years. That in 1792 this deponent went to Cambridge for the purpose of visiting his said brother Lemuel Durfee and Prudence his wife. That he resided with them six months, they are then keeping house, this deponent then left them and came to Palmyra, and found his father, Lemuel who had preceded him, some six months. That soon thereafter his said brother Lemuel and Prudence his wife moved to the said town of Palmyra, and settled within a quarter of a mile of this deponent, where they lived until the said Lemuel died, and where his widow the said Prudence now resides. That since the marriage of the said Lemuel, Durfee & Prudence his wife which was in 1784, the month this deponent cannot say, they have lived together as husband and wife.
Stephen Durfee
Subscribed & affirmed to the day & year first above mentioned before me.
O. H. Palmer
First Judge Wayne Co.

State of New York
Wayne County ss. On this 7 th day of June 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber, Oliver H. Palmer First Judge of Wayne County. Peter Harris of Palmyra in said County a man sixty seven years, the 23 rd day of March last, who being first duly sworn according to law, says that he has been intimately acquainted with Lemuel Durfee late of Palmyra aforesaid deceased, and Prudence his wife since 1799, since then he has resided within a quarter of a mile of their residence. That he always understood from them that they were married in 1784 of which there can not be the possibility of a doubt. Since this deponent became acquainted with them, they have lived together as husband and wife, have brought up a large family, were people of the first respectability and highly esteemed.
Peter Harris
Subscribed and affirmed to the day and year first above mentioned
before me
O. H. Palmer,
First Judge
Wayne County
State of New York. Wayne County ss.
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Stephen Durfee and Peter Harris, that they are men of the first respectability, and entitled to belief belonging to the society of Friends, or Quakers. That the said Peter Harris, is an acknowledged Preacher of that or
the
O. H. Palmer
First Judge

State of New York
Wayne County ss. On this 9 th day of June 1845
personally appeared before the Sub-Deputy, Oliver H. Palmer, First Judge of Wayne County. Ruth Wilcox of Palmyra in said County aged Twenty one years last March, the 13 th day thereof, who being first duly sworn according to law, says that she was born in Tierton, Rhode island. That she is the brother of Lemuel Durfee late of Palmyra aforesaid, deceased. That she well recollects of hearing it talked off in her father's family, that her brother Lemuel was going to be married to Miss Prudence Harkness, of Salem in the State of Massachusetts. That she recollects of her father receiving a letter from her brother Lemuel, ask- ing his consent to be married, that her brother was then at Salem, or Cambridge. That she recollects the marriage being postponed in consequence of the sickness of her father, that as soon as he recovered, she recollects of his starting for Salem, to attend the wedding, that on his return home, she remembers of hearing it frequently spoken of, and talked about. That the marriage was in 1784, in the month of August. That soon thereafter, the said Lemuel Durfee & Prudence his wife moved to Cambridge, Washington County, State of New York. That in 1792. This deponent with her father & family, left Tierton, for this Western Waste, that they went by the way of Cambridge, for the purpose of visiting Lemuel Durfee and Prudence his wife, who were settled there; after remaining there some two weeks, this deponent, with her brother went for this place, that soon after their arrival, their father & mother came, having her brother Stephen & Lemuel & his wife, that soon thereafter her father & mother came in some five or six months, the said brother Stephen came, and that soon thereafter, her said brother Lemuel & Prudence his wife, moved on to the said town of Palmyra, where all her brothers settled, with her father, who are all dead, excepting her brother Stephen Durfee. That her brother Lemuel and Prudence, settled within a mile and a half of this deponent, where they resided, until

his death, and when the Widow now residing has since their marriage, they have lived together as husband and wife.
She was "that soon thereafter her father & mother came" } called before signing - } Subscribed & affirmed to the day & year first above mentioned, before me
Ruth her  X Wilcox Mark
C. H. Palmer First Judge Wayne Co
Wayne County ss. I do hereby certify that the above named Ruth Wilcox, is a person of respectability and entitled to belief
C. H. Palmer First Judge Wayne Co
State of New York
Wayne County Clerk's office } ss. I hereby certify that Alvin H Palmer Esquire before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose signature appears to the above and certificates depositions, was at the time said affidavits purport to have been taken First Judge of said County and legally authorized to take the same And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge, and verily believe that the signatures within subscribed are genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 10th day of June A.D. 1845.
E. A. Palmer Dep Clerk of said County

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Thank you very much.
11. 4. 1982, Wed. to Sunday, Brooklyn, N.Y.
 CONTENTS. 

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19204 Providence Durfee Widow of Lemuel Durfee Providence
Act: Feb 29 th 48
Index:—Vol. 14 , Page 200
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1892 Feb 17 Heath to O'Callaghan Brooklyn N.Y.
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Rep?
Pension corrected & ret d to F. Smith, Palmyra, Ny Oct Aug 23 d 1845.
7209.
Albany, N. York
Prudence Durfee
widow of Lemuel Durfee who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of August 1845 and sent to Frederick Smith Esq. Palmyra, Wayne Co. N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. & June 17. 1844. Vol. 2. Page 74.

New York 9561
Prudence Durfee
widow of Lemuel Durfee who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 8 th August 1829 of Wayne Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bailey of the regt. commanded by Col. Tappan in the R. Island line for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of August 1845 and sent to Frederick Smith, Palmyra, Wayne Co. N. York
Total amount, $ 200
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk. Book D. Vol. 1. Page 153

Palmyra 19 May 1845 (Wayne Co. N.Y.)
Sir
Yours relating to the papers of Prudence Durfee, has been received, and I you inform with some disappointment to Mrs. Durfee and not a little sur- prise to myself, and others acquainted with the character of the Durfee family, this however may be attributed to our ignorance of what is required in such cases at the pension department; the family were somewhat chagrined on noticing the intimation that the record was a forgery. You state "The paper pur- porting to be a family register bears the appearance of having been recently made." I have been ac- quainted with Mrs. Durfee & her family since 1812 a more moral and respectable family do not live in this community, there is no more doubt but that the record was made by Lemuel Durfee than there is that there was such a man. He was a man of unblemished character, of the Society of Friends or Quakers, and a man of prop- erty. Being such, his principles forbade his making application for a pension, which he was urged to do at the time, P. Lemeny, V. Palmer & Vagus (who were in the same company with him I believe) offered a reward - Isaac Durfee a son of Lemuel, aged over 60 - whose affairs proved the record would disprove a pension action, much less commit perjury, swears that the record is in the hand writing of his father. He tells me that he was with his father when he purchased the

Bible, from which the record was taken, that he was but a young man on returning home his father made an entry upon the page containing the record, but he did not see him, he says it is probable that the records of the births of some of the children then in existence, were made at that time -
If this record "is calculated to prejudice the claim" it is certainly wrong, there is no doubt of the facts set forth in the afft's of marriage. Allowing me to be the charge, I can not imagine proof more conclusive. My inexperience in obtaining persons consequently ignorance of the kind of proof required must be my excuse for the conclusion formed of the sufficiency of proof presented in this case.
I confess my disappointment, having felt so much assurance of the sufficiency of the proof, and having informed Mrs. Duffey that nothing more would be required. You will see from the record of the birth of Isaac Duffey that the marriage must have taken place about the time it is stated, certainly prior to 1794, unless you regard the whole record as a forgery, which I presume you will not do.
Mrs. Duffey sent by her son, Samuel who was going to Adams, the place of marriage to get a certificate of her marriage, he tells me, that with the Town Clerk, they made search, and could find no record prior to 1786. if so the proof, now required cannot be obtained.
Will the afft. of the Town Clerk, that he has made search, and can find no record previous to 1786 be of any use? If it will, I will send to him, & to the County Clerk the record may be there.

Mr. Dague, (brother of the pensioner deceased) tells me that it is his impression that the last year of the service of Mr. Durfee, he was a master sailor; he is quite confident that he served more than a year as such and was in Sullivan's expedition; but I am sure that he served as an enlisted sailor; for a man of his age, he is remarkably intelligent & memory good. If there is evidence of his having served as a master sailor, in the War department will Mr. Durfee be allowed to avail himself of it? There is no doubt, Mr. Durfee served his Country as a faithful sailor more than two years, and I am inclined to believe the evidence may be found at Washington if allowed to make search.
Pray me Sir if you please for troubling with so long a letter - and permit me in behalf of Mr. Durfee to solicit an answer as soon as your convenience will permit, upon which will depend whether it will be advisable for him to give himself further trouble -
I am respectfully, Your obedt. Servant. Fred. Smith.

May 22, 1845.
Rev. A. Root
Providence, Indef.
FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss.
On this eighteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five, personally appeared before me, Jeremiah Wilbur, Clerk of the town of Adams, in said County of Berkshire who being first duly sworn according to Law, says that he has searched all the Records of Marriages in his office as town Clerk, and cannot find any Record of the Marriage of Lemuel Durfee, and Prudence his wife -
Subscribed & sworn to before me. The day & year first above written.
Jeremiah Wilbur
Henry J. Bliss. Justice of the Peace.
Berkshire ss. I Charles L. G. Wilk, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify That Henry J. Bliss Esq before whom The affidavit above of Jeremiah Wilbur was sworn is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 26 th day of June 1845.
Charles L. G. Wilk Clerk

1889 March 28. 1885.
Induce. Dufree.
July 7. 1885.
Revolutionary Claims
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James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Palmyra, Wayne Co. N.York March 23. 1845
Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers of eld d Prudence Dyer, upon which her application for a pension is predicated. I have advised her that her claim is under the act of July 7 th 1838. - it is possible that I have mistaken the law, not being very conversant with the different laws relative to pensions.
Should there be any errors committed in the papers sent, or further testimony necessary, you will please inform me.
I suppose the affidavit of clearings is not necessary, inasmuch as the family record is sent. I did not know of the record until after she left us at Pittsfield, having obtained it. I herewith send it —
Respectfully Yours, Frederick Smith

Palmyra, Wayne Co. N.Y. July 3 d 1845
W. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Enclosed I send some aff ts relating to the application of Mrs. Prudence Dyer for a Pension. I believe they will be satisfactory, as they seem to me to fully reach the requirements contained in your last communication. If they should not be satisfactory, or there should be any errors committed, which require correction, you will please be kind and inform what what further may be necessary. Of the marriage of the said Linda & Prudence, & at the time & place stated there is no more doubt than there is that there were such persons as Ben. Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, or that Gen. Washington com- manded the American Army. There is no person now living that was present at the marriage the last person was Mrs. Smith, sister of the said Prudence, where  aff ts I sent you, she died some two or three months since. The marriage was solemnized by a Pastor of the peace long since dead.
In my last letter, I enquired whether Mrs. Dyer, would be allowed to avail herself of any evidence of the services of her hus- band, beyond the time now allowed, which might be on file at Washington. This enquiry was not answered. There is no doubt, but Mrs. Dyer fully served the time due to her by Government, but whether, as an enlisted or drafted soldier, or as a Sergeant, there may be doubt. I am sensible

that satisfactory proof is my opinion, or assertion and cannot be received, right. I could refer you at Washington, who I believe give credit to my assertion
summary. Also that is of no consequence if it could have any to men high in authority would not hesitate to
Yours with sentiments of respect - Isaac Smith

Revolutionary Claims
PAID 20
July 8. 1895.
Obtained for care
Induced Surp.
Hon. James L. Colnazzo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Aug 23 '45
PAID
100
Hon. S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City Mr Brown

Tobysville, Wayne Co. N. York August 19. 1845
Yrs
Enclosed I return the Certificate of Prudence Dyer, for correction. You will see it purports to have been issued "in conformity with the act of March 3. 1843 & June 17. 1834". I am not mistaken it should be June 17. 1844. If there is an error, it being one made at your department, I trust its correction will receive immediate attention, so that I may re- ceive the Certificate in time, to forward the necessary papers, with others entrusted to my care, to Albany by the 4 th Sept. to receive the Pensions granted thereon. I regret that the rules of your department would not allow, or admit an answer to my question, stated in my two last letters, but we must submit to the powers that be
Yours with sentiments of respect. F. A. Smith

State of New York
Wayne County ss
On this 13 th day of March eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before me, Fred Smith a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid. Prudence Durfee a resident of Palmyra in the County of Wayne aforesaid aged eighty one years the 24 th of March 1847 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d of February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the Widow of Lemuel Durfee who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Tapping and that the amount of the Pension which she annually received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was fifty dollars. She further declares that she is still a Widow
Prudence Durfee Mark
Known to me and subscribed on the day and year above written before Fred Smith Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit and that in consequence of infirmity she cannot write
Fred Smith Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Mayne County Clerk's Office, I certify that Fred No Smith Esq. before whom the within affidavits hereto be have been taken and at the time of taking such a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorized to act as such, and to administer oaths to further than I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe his signature subscribed to the several certificates are each of them genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and of the Court thereof at Lyons this 29. day of May. 1848.
(Signature) B. Gavit Clerk
Mayne Co. and of the Court thereof
(Seal absent)
Produce Defer Declaration for Revision
Adm
Admitted
Fred No Smith Clerk N.Y.

Prudence Duff declaration for Russian
Adm d
admitted
— Mayne Co. and — of the Am. Co. (Chas.) (Chas.)
Fred. R. Smith Palmyra N.Y.

248 Schenck St. Providence
Dec. 26. 1871. Dec. 26th
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
I wish some information in reference to Samuel Dyer or Duffie in the Revolutionary war.
His mother Providence Hathaway Dyer or Duffie died in Seneca and I presume your son signed with the information presented: the record he was in, and how he served when he enlisted and where.
He lived at Pigeon R. L. at the time of the Revolution, but moved about 1800 to Albany New York, where he died and where his widow lived till about 1825 when she died.
As to the information which the Pension records show I shall be glad to receive
Yours,
J. R. Dyer